Health

The United States will cut $50 million in aid a year to the southern African country of Zambia because of the “systematic” theft of medicines and medical products the money paid for.

Stunning as it may sound, nearly half of Americans ages 20 years and up—or more than 122 million people—have high blood pressure, according to a 2023 report from the American Heart Association.

Over 80 big retailers and restaurants have come under fire after a “harmful chemical” was found on their receipts, according to the Center for Environmental Health.

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago.

The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator is urging Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip.

A divided Ohio Supreme Court has allowed enforcement of the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors while an appeal proceeds.

A woman in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of a paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance.

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the disaster unleashed by American use of Agent Orange continues unabated.

Colombia’s capital has South America’s only supervised room for drug use, aimed at reducing harm and preventing overdoses and now a topic of the International Conference on Harm Reduction, which has been taking place since Sunday in Bogota.

U.S. health officials are pushing to get artificial colors out of the nation’s food supply.